Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is Now Live!Mar 25th, 2014 at 4:46 PM by Cyliena

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is now live for the PC and Mac! Enjoy the new Crusader class, journey through Act V and face the Angel of Death, level up to 70 and much more. Blizzard has posted a Death Maiden's Guide to welcome you into the new expansion. No one can stop Death... but you're welcome to try!

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls goes live in the Americas tonight at 9pm PT (midnight ET), and Blizzard wants to make sure you're prepared. The team recommends downloading and upgrading your Battle.net client as well as patching D3 to its latest version (2.0.3.22427 as of this afternoon). Ensure that you claim your RoS game key in your Battle.net account management. Remember that everyone who registers their key prior to 11:59pm PT on March 31st receives the Wings of Valor in-game item and unlocks Valla for Heroes of the Storm!

In just one week, Diablo III fans will begin their hunt for Malthael, The Angel of Death, in the game's upcoming expansion, Reaper of Souls. The first-ever expansion for the game introduces a new Act V campaign, the playable Crusader class, powerful new skills for all classes and new dungeons and game modes that are sure to keep your loot bags filled to the brim. With the Reaper of Souls launch just on the horizon, Blizzard has released a brand new gameplay trailer to commemorate the event.

Just when you thought evil was defeated, death itself rises up to challenge you!

With Diablo III: Reaper of Soulsjust around the corner Blizzard has given the community a quick look at one of the new playable zones, called the “Blood Marsh”. The post describes the history of the zone this way:

The pre-expansion patch for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls released last week and the team is excited to tell you all about the changes. Loot 2.0, Cursed Events, new difficulty settings, the introduction to Clans and Communities, and much more highlight this update. Check out the video below for a patch recap!

Diablo IIIwas a flawed game at launch and the community at large has made that glaringly obvious. The game's newest patch is slated to release today. Dubbed "Patch 2.0.1" it will introduce changes to the Paragon leveling system in preparation for the launch of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. The changes included are:

Blizzard Entertainment has recently posted a first-look at a new community focused feature coming to the Diablo III expansion; Reaper of Souls. If you and your demon-slaying buddies needed a common place to talk and coordinate, or if you were just looking for a cool social group to chat with, the game's new Clans and Communities feature is sure to make it easy to fight back the forces of darkness with your allies.

Additional technical details regarding the shutdown including how this will affect active auctions, items in the Completed Tab and existing Battle.net Balance will be provided next week. Meanwhile, the Auction House FAQ can be found here.